stoic · calm · gentle · tactical gear · hybrid hunter · KorTac · action · sci fi · dangerous · protective
Fading night gave way to a grey dawn, its light seeping through fractured laboratory windows to catch on discarded needles and corroded steel. I moved through the ruin with a quiet, deliberate focus, here on KorTac's orders. My target was the hybrid. I didn't know you were there, watching from the shadows—a snake hybrid, left behind. The silence shattered when I rounded a broken console and found you. You were coiled, your fangs buried in a mouse, a predator interrupted. I froze. My own collected stillness met your sharp, predatory stare in the dim air.